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Introduction to Writing? |
Its my first book to learn English Writing. |
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When people create written communication? |
For record keeping and correspondence. |
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What are the types of written communication? |
Forms, Formats, Memos, employee appraisals, Client records, letters, emails, reports, Pamphlets |
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What is the difference between personal writing and business correspondence? |
Personal correspondence can be informal. We can use slang and grammatically incomplete sentences.
Business correspondence is generally more formal. Its written accuracy, voice, tone and appearance is more important. |
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What do you understand by Accurate Writing? |
Correct grammar, spelling and form every time. |
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This study unit deals with what? |
This study unit deals with basic writing skills and using words properly. |
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What you will learn in this study unit? |
1- Process of writing 2- Parts of speech and how to use them? 3- The guidelines for choosing just the right word and avoiding the hazard of words that are commonly misused. |
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When you complete all study units about writing, you will be able to? |
1-Use the parts of speech, 2-Use correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling , 3-Develop sentences and paragraphs, 4-Improve your writing, 5-Write effective correspondence |
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What are the topics covered under the lesson "Writing for Business"? |
The Importance of Good Writing, The Writing Process, The ABCs of Writing, Knowing Your Audience, Voice and Tone, Writing Letters, Writing to Inform and Persuade |
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What are the topics Covered Under the Lesson " Parts of Speech"? |
Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions |
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What is the importance of good writing? |
Evaluation of communication skills is usually part of an employee's annual performance review.
Position announcements and want ads require good communication skills in applicants.
One step closer to the writing skills that will make you an asset to your organization and to the society served by that organization. |
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What is Role of writing ability in professional life? |
Your ability to communicate through the written word will be a key part of your success. Because all the knowledge you have in your particular field will be of little value if you're unable to communicate it to others. |
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What do you understand by Writing Process? |
Good writers follow a three-step process for their work:
Pre-writing Writing Revising. |
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Define focus areas of Pre-Writing? |
In pre-writing, you should focus on
1- Purpose of your communication 2- The nature of your audience, 3-Type of content. |
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What is the target to achieve in pre - writing? |
In either case, the basic idea is to anticipate the way your readers are likely to respond to your communication. |
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What questions you should ask yourself during pre-writing? |
What are the needs of readers, What are the interests of readers What is their past purchasing behavior? |
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What should have before writing? |
Before you begin to write anything, you should have a purpose. Someone else may determine the purpose for you, or you may decide it yourself.
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Define "writing" the 2nd stage in writing process? |
The writing phase includes three separate steps:
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Define Steps in writing a sales letter offering a home security system? |
Step 1- Review the manual on the security system you are offering. Step 2- Decide what topics to address and in which order. Step 3- Get your words down on paper (or into a word processing system). |
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Define "Revising" the 3rd stage in writing process.? |
Revising stage should normally command the bulk of your time and attention. |
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What should make sure during revising? |
Is it grammatically correct? Are words used properly? Are there any misspelled words? |
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What should reconsider during revising?
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Reconsider that what you've written can achieve your purpose? |
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Define use of spelling checker? |
The spelling checker can identify words that you've spelled or typed incorrectly. |
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Define Grammar Checker? |
The grammar checker can help you identify awkward sentences, weak phrasing, and alternate words that might better serve your purpose, but again, it's not foolproof. |
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How to organize your material in any writing? |
A B C can provide direction and organization for writing. Abstract : In the abstract I tell my audience what I'm going to talk about. Body : In the body, I present my topic along with supporting details. Conclusion : In the conclusion I summarize the information in the body. |
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Define a good order of writing simply? |
A good order of writing for any document; Tell the reader 1- What you are going to say, 2- Say it, 3-Tell the reader what you have said. |
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Define Abstract in organization of writing? |
Abstract is like a summary at the beginning.
What you're going to talk about (subject/topic)? What the purpose of the document is? |
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There are how many types of abstract? |
The general abstract simply tells the reader that the report relates to the problem including a suggested solution.
The specific abstract tells the reader immediately what the recommendation is and what it's based on. |
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Define the body part in the organization of writing? |
Body, is generally the longest part of any document. In the body, you present all the information related to the topic, including supporting evidence, charts, tables, graphs, illustrations, data, and so on |
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Define conclusion part in the organization of writing? |
Conclusion, is the final part of a document. 1- You may simply summarize what you've already said in the body, 2- You may restate your recommendations, 3- You may even use persuasive language to get your audience to agree with you.
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There are how many types of audience? |
* Expert |
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Who are the expert audience? |
The teacher is an example of expert audience who already knows what you are writing about.
Note: The purpose of writing for experts is to convince them that you know it. |
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Who are the uninformed audience? |
Our boss, manager, company director etc. are the few examples of uninformed audience.
Note: The readers they don't have information before and we inform them by writing emails, letters and reports, etc. |
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Who are the business audience? |
The prospective customers are the business audience.
Note: For them we write to offer something that will meet their needs. |
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How to write keeping in view the audience? |
* Think about and picture the person you’re writing to or someone similar to that person. Try to imagine how you would talk to that person in an ordinary, face-to-face conversation. Then, in your writing, use language similar to that imaginary conversation. |
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What do you understand by voice in writing? |
In the written word, voice refers to the way your material “sounds” to its readers.
Note: Choosing the right voice for anything you write is closely related to knowing your audience. |
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Questions to know the expectations of audience about your writing? |
1- Do your readers expect a formal style or a casual, conversational style? 2- Do they want you to present only facts, or do they expect you to give your opinion as well? 3- Do they expect a personal style that uses pronouns such as I and we? 4- Do they prefer a more impersonal style? Once you've answered these questions, match your writing to reflect those answers. |
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In writing how many kinds of messages you are sending? |
The one message, of course, is the information in the document itself. The second message comes from the tone of your writing, which tells your readers how you view the relationship between you and them. |
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Voice and Tone of writing reflects what? |
Voice and Tone in writing reflects the relationship between writer and reader. |
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How many types of tones / voices are there in writing? |
* Authoritative Tone/Voice |
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How you can test the voice/tone in your writing? |
To test the tone in anything you write, read the document aloud or have someone else read it aloud to you.
Note: If you have difficulty reading parts out loud, perhaps you should revise them to make them more understandable. |
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Testing voice/tone of your writing actually accomplishes what? |
1. You get a good idea of what your material will “sound” like to your reader.
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How to know that you should use everyday or formal English in your writing? |
When you begin to write a letter, picture the person or persons with whom you’re communicating. Then you’ll know whether to use everyday English or more formal writing. |
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How to imagine audience in writing? |
Imagine you’re talking to your audience face to face—is it a coworker, your boss, or a potential client? (or imagine what is relationship between us and audience?) |
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How to write in very informal situations? |
In very informal situations, such as emails to friends or family members, you may use slang words, abbreviations, or contractions.
That’s fine for that specific audience; they may not even mind if there’s a mistake or two. |
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How to write business letters? |
Although they aren't as formal as they once were, business letters require more care with language and more attention to rules—but without being stuffy.
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What are the guide lines for writing business letters? |
*Use contemporary greetings and closings. *Be Friendly. *Be clear and direct. |
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How to be friendly? |
*In business letters, as in private ones, the basic rule is to write as if you were talking to the reader. *Use the words I and you if it is common in your company. *Try to find a natural balance of friendliness and formality. |
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What is the secret of good Business English? |
Good “business English” is simply good English. |
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What are the greetings of past? |
*Dear Sir, *Dear Madam *To whom it may concern |
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What are the today's practical greetings? |
Practically all business letters now start simply with Dear and the addressee’s title and last name. e.g. Dear Mr. Stoddard: Dear Ms. Pronko: Dear Mrs. DeSantis: Dear Doctor Thomas: Dear Ms. Evans: Dear Attorney Chapla: |
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Can we drop the word " Dear" in greetings? |
Yes, we can drop the word "Dear" in greetings and simply write the name of a person. e.g
Mr. Stoddard: |
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Past closing expressions we should avoid? |
Avoid expressions like the following:
Looking forward to an early reply,
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How to close business letter? |
Very truly yours, (conservative), Sincerely yours, (conservatively friendly), Yours truly, (conservatively friendly), Cordially, (more informal) |
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When we can omit the word "yours" in closing |
Sincerely, Cordially,
Note:When using the words sincerely or cordially, you can also precede these words with yours or omit yours entirely. |
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How to "Be clear and direct" ? |
*Say exactly what you mean, emphasize your main points, and use figures for everything that can be counted or measured.
*If you refer to a date, specify the exact date.
*If you want something delivered to you by Friday, January 27, say so in your letter. Don’t say, “I would appreciate getting this merchandise as soon as possible.” |
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How effects errors and unclear statements in business letters? |
In business letters, errors and statements that aren’t clear cost time and money, so do whatever you can to avoid them. |
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How to write letter of complaint? |
*The letter of complaint should be simple, polite, and clear. *There’s no sense in being rude or being overly humble. *When you write a letter of complaint, just be polite, make a simple request, and assume that people in business want to be fair to their customers. |
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What writing style should use for letter of application? |
The writing style should be formal. |
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How can we set the tone in our writing? |
As long as you firmly keep in mind the person to whom you’re writing and the purpose of your letter, the tone will virtually take care of itself. |
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What is Informative Writing? |
Convey information and its significance. |
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Types of business informative writing? |
*Reports *Presentations |
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What are the basic requirements of communicating information? |
Communicating information to your audience requires *Knowledge or research, *Effective organization, *Complete accuracy. |
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What are the requirements of report writing? |
Most report writing requires a three-step process (EIR) to ensure a successful presentation. Exploration/analysis (pre writing), Implementation (writing), Revision (rewriting) |
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What is more important phase in writing? |
While the preparation phase is vital, it’s no more important than organizing your document and making sure it’s free of errors. |
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How you'll begin to write a report? |
By collecting information and resources related to your topic. |
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What are the basic dependents in report writing? |
*Facts, *Numbers *Purpose |
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How research on similar programs or ideas can help you in report writing? |
Outside research can help you *Analyze data, *Provide information to persuade your audience of the merits of your conclusion, *Or offer a comparison of results in similar situations. |
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How to plan a report writing? |
*Use an outline to plan your report. *Make sure all your important points are covered. |
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When to start implementation or writing the phase two? |
Make sure you have all your data together but be prepared to discover gaps you’ll have to fill as you go along.
Note: After you've created an outline and organized your data, you can begin to write.
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How to perform implementation or writing phase ? |
Under each heading, add sufficient details so your readers will get a complete picture of what you’re presenting. In fact, carefully explain each detail and any new terms, since your audience’s knowledge of the subject is most likely far behind yours—that’s why you’re making the report! |
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How can effect your report by the revision and correction? |
Especially in a formal business presentation, your revision and correction phase can make or break your report. |
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What you have to assure in your report during revision? |
You’ll double-check your facts; make sure your language is clear and understandable; ensure there’s a logical sequence and an effective conclusion to your presentation; and proofread for spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes. |
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Define a revision and correction check list. |
*Accuracy—Double-check all facts and statistics • Clarity—Choose straightforward words • Organization—Use headings and subheadings • Logic—Use appropriate sequence and supportive details • Conciseness—Cut unnecessary adjectives, phrases, and off-the-point material • Sentence structure, grammar, spelling—Correct all errors • Conclusion—Make sure all data supports conclusion |
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What kind of explanations should use in a report? |
* Avoid complex diagrams and unnecessary technical explanations unless you’re an engineer and writing for engineers.
* your audience will appreciate clear, concise explanations in plain English. * If you need illustrations or diagrams, make sure they’re clear and easy for a non expert to understand. |
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What do you understand by Re-Writing? |
It’s a good idea to let your report “rest” for a day or two before you revise it. That way, you’ll look at it with fresh eyes and be more likely to notice mistakes. If your report or presentation is meant for a general audience, have another person check the text and diagrams for clarity and ease of understanding. |
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When there is need to write persuasively?
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Write a proposal, defend a policy, or present a written complaint are situations require the ability to write persuasively. |
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Examples of persuasive writing: |
Advertisements that are trying to convince you to buy particular products or services. An election campaign, that is an effort to influence the opinions of others. Resume and cover letter to apply for a job, by this you certainly want to persuade the reader that you’re the right person for the job.
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Define persuasive writing; |
Persuasive writing attempts to explain a point of view or influence someone’s opinion or actions. |
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What requires to be successful in persuasive writing? |
It requires logical thought and positive language to be successful. |
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How to begin persuasive writing? |
When you need to write persuasively, begin by establishing your conclusion. What is it you want your audience to understand or accept? Then list several points in favor of your conclusion. |
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In the beginning of persuasive report what can loose your readers? |
A paragraph or two of introductory rambling or unnecessary history can lose your reader before he or she even gets to your main argument. |
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How to check your reasoning that is correct or not? |
Once you know what you want to say, put yourself in the place of your reader. When you look at your reasoning from the point of view of your audience, you can anticipate their objections or spot your own errors before it’s too late. |
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Requirements of persuasive writing? |
Like other types of business documents, persuasive writing requires that you focus on your audience and keep your approach positive. |
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What if you need to really convince someone of your point of view? |
This kind of persuasive writing takes a slightly different approach. You not only have to keep your audience’s attention, you also have to convince them that your conclusion is correct. |
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What is an effective approach to persuasive writing? |
• Acknowledge that there are differences of opinion. • Emphasize shared values, • Keep language positive or at least neutral; avoid judgmental statements. • Include factual support for your point of view. • Provide examples of similar situations. • Anticipate your readers’ objections and address them. |
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What are the general guidelines for persuasive writing? |
• Define your message. • Focus on the needs of your audience. • Research your topic. • Provide adequate support with facts, quotes, statistics, and examples. • Address objections or other points of view. • Avoid exaggeration, half-truths, and dramatic statements. |
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Define Parts of Speech? |
The parts of speech are terms that describe how words are used in sentences |
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What do you understand by Professional Writing? |
Knowing the parts of speech and how to use them correctly in a sentence will ensure that your writing sounds professional. |
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How one can write grammatically correct sentences? |
Command on the kinds of words will ensure that you can write grammatically correct sentences. |
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Define Sentence? |
A set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses. |
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Define standard sentence order? |
The standard sentence order is first subject, then verb, and finally something to receive the action-an object. |
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Name the basic parts of speech? |
Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions |
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What is Noun? |
Noun is naming word that names a person,place, thing, quality,idea or action. |
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How you can identify nouns in a sentence? |
Most of the times, the subject and object are nouns, which you can identify by their location in the sentence. |
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Write some signal words those are followed by nouns? |
Words like a, an, the, this, these, that, those, my, your, his, her, its, and our, are very often followed by nouns. |
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What is the definition of pronoun? |
A pronoun is a word that stands in place of a noun. |
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What are the classifications of pronoun? |
Pronouns can be classified as *Personal pronouns *Demonstrative pronouns *Reflexive pronouns *Intensive pronouns *Relative pronouns *Interrogative pronouns *Indefinite pronouns |
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What are the Personal Pronouns? |
1- First person pronouns (Writer/speaker can use for himself) 2- Second person pronouns (Refer to the person spoken to) 3- Third person pronouns (Refer to a person of object being spoken about) |
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Examples of Personal Pronouns? |
First Person: (I, me, my, mine) (we, us, our, ours)
Second Person: (you, your, yours) (you, your, yours)
Third person: (he, she, him, her,his,hers,it, its) (they, them, theirs) |
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Define demonstrative pronouns? |
Demonstrative pronouns point out something being reffered to. For example this, that, these and those are demonstrative pronouns. |
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Define Reflexive Pronouns? |
Sometimes the suffix -self or -selves is added to a personal pronoun to indicate that the action of the sentence is directed back to the performer of the action. Such pronouns are called reflexive pronouns. |
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Wikipedia definition of reflexive pronoun? |
However, sometimes people (or things) do things to themselves, and this is when you can use myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves as reflexive pronouns. For example: I like myself. |
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Examples of Reflexive Pronouns? |
1- If you make a real effort to learn these concepts, you may surprise yourself. 2- He beat himself at his own game. 3- I like myself.
Hint: The action is directed back to the subject. |
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Define Intensive Pronouns? |
Intensive pronouns take the same form as reflexive pronouns, but they’re used differently.
Intensive pronouns are used to emphasize the doer* of the action.
* (A person who acts and gets things done) |
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Intensive Pronouns wikipedia? |
Intensive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself, himself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) use the same form as reflexive pronouns, an intensive pronoun is different from a reflexive, because the intensive pronoun can be removed without altering the meaning of the sentence. |
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Examples of intensive pronouns? |
1- As we were talking about her, Linda herself walked through the door. 2- If you want a job done right, you should do it yourself. |
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Define Relative Pronouns? |
Relative pronouns connect two related parts of a sentence when one part can’t be a sentence on its own.
The words who, whom, which, and that are relative pronouns. |
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Examples of Relative Pronouns? |
1- The supervisor will tell us who submitted the winning proposal 2- The Rosewell building, which was constructed last year has structural flaws. 3- The shingles that fell from the roof was loosened by the wind. In each case the relative pronouns (who, which and that) relate one part of the sentence to another part. |
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What are the Interrogative Pronouns? |
The interrogative pronouns are who, whom, which, and what. You may notice that these are the same as the relative pronouns. The difference is in how they’re used.
Interrogative pronouns are used at the beginning of sentences to introduce a question. |
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Examples of Interrogative Pronouns? |
Who submitted the winning proposal? Whom do you think we should elect? Which building has structural flaws? What caused the shingles to fall? |
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What are indefinite pronouns? |
Indefinite pronouns name classes or groups of persons or things. They include such words as all, another, any, anybody, anyone, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, more, much, neither, nobody, none, no one, several, some, somebody, someone, and such. |
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Examples of indefinite pronouns? |
1-All of our sales representatives are highly qualified. 2-Some of the supervisors were trained through distance education courses. 3-None of the recent graduates is unemployed. |
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Define role of nouns and pronouns in a sentence? |
A sentence must express a complete thought.
Noun and pronoun in any sentence are the source of some action or the object of some action. |
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Definition of verb? |
A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being. |
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Types of actions. |
Physical actions and perceived actions. |
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Example words of physical actions |
cook, sing, run, and talk, |
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Example words of perceived actions |
live, hear, smell, want, think, and consider |
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Example words of state of being |
is, am, are, was, seem, become, grow, and remain |
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Define helping verbs. |
Notice that in some cases, verbs like is, are, were, has, had, will, and have are added to indicate the time of the action. These are called helping verbs. |
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Example words of helping verbs. |
Helping verbs include is, am, are, has, have, had, will,shall, would, do, does, did, can, could, may, might, must, is, am, are, and other forms of the verb “to be. |
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List of helping verbs |
(am, are, is, was, were) (be, being, been) (have, has, had) (shall, will) (do, does, did) (may, must, might) (can, could, would, should) |
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Examples of helping verbs. |
Jim is running the race. (Action in the present), Jim has run his race. (Action in the past), Jim had run his race. (Action in the past), Jim will run his race. (Action in the future) |
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What are adjectives? |
An adjective is a word that describes, or modifies, a noun |
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Define the location of adjective with reference to noun. |
It usually precedes the noun it modifies. |
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What are the questions to know the adjectives. |
Which one? e.g Last child; What kind? e.g Tall tree; How many? e.g Four boys |
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What are the descriptive words? |
Descriptive words can give your writing clarity. Adjectives are descriptive words they describe the nouns. |
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What are adverbs? |
Adverbs, however, modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. * Many words that end in -ly are adverbs |
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What are the questions to know adverbs? |
How? He writes effectively; When? She submitted the report yesterday; Where? Our office has been moved upstairs; How much? The fencer’s hand moves very rapidly. |
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Define Prepositions. |
A preposition clarifies or expresses a relationship between a word in a sentence and a noun or pronoun (the object of the preposition). It usually indicates a time (when) or space (where) relationship. *Prepositions often show position |
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Example words of prepositions. |
about, above, across, after, against, along, amid; behind, beneath, below, between, beyond, but, by; concerning, down, for, from, in, into, like; of, off, on, since, through, to, toward; under, underneath, until, upon, with, within, without. |
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What are the conjunctions? |
A conjunction is a word used to connect two parts of a sentence. It can connect words, phrases, or even complete sentences. |
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How many kinds of conjunctions? |
There are several different kinds of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and conjunctive adverbs. |
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What are coordinating conjunctions? |
Coordinating conjunctions link parts of a sentence that are equal in importance-for example, subjects, verbs, prepositional phrases, or sentences. |
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What are subordinating conjunctions? |
Subordinating conjunctions are used to connect and show the relationship between two complete thoughts. |
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What are conjunctive adverbs? |
Conjunctive adverbs connect two groups of words that could stand on their own as individual sentences. |
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Writing experts agree that the _______ stage requires at least as much attention as the writing stage. |
revising or rewriting |
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When composing a letter, your writing should be clear and _______. |
direct or simple |
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In business letters, the tone should be _______. |
friendly |
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When you write a letter of _______, you’ll tell the company politely how you want them to correct the problem. |
complaint |
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Regardless of what you write, always keep in mind your _______ and _______. |
audience, purpose |
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As you plan your persuasive report, it’s helpful to start with the _______. |
conclusion |
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One of the most important aspects of business writing is that it’s _______ in tone and appearance. |
professional |
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Anticipating your reader’s needs, doing research, and focusing on your conclusion should be part of the _______ phase of the writing process. |
prewriting |
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The problem with a word processor’s _______ is that it can’t always identify usage errors. |
grammar checker |
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______ wording emphasizes what can be done and how it benefits the audience. |
Positive |
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In the following sentence, identify the nouns and pronouns. a. Mrs. Decker didn’t come because she was sick. |
Nouns: Decker Pronouns: she |
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In the following sentence, identify nouns and pronouns. b. The picnic ended when an army of ants invaded our blanket-they nearly carried us away! |
Nouns: picnic, army, ants, blanket Pronouns: they (Note: In this case, our is used as an adjective.) |
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In the following sentences, Identify nouns and pronouns. c. My delight in the antics of my grandchildren annoys their parents. |
Nouns: delight, grandchildren Pronouns: |
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In the following sentence, Identify nouns and pronouns d. This year, we expect a large increase in profits. |
Nouns: year, increase, profits Pronouns:we |
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In the following sentence, Identify the nouns and pronouns. She (the assistant) wrote the reports on the progress of the project. |
Nouns: reports, progress, project Pronouns: She |
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In the following sentence, identify the nouns and pronouns. This is the first time he was able to pass the test. |
Nouns: first, test Pronouns: This, he |
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Insert nouns in the blanks below to make sentence complete and coherent. a. The _______ constructed the _______ and tested it. |
a. The technician constructed the circuit and tested it. |
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Insert nouns in the blanks below to make sentence complete and coherent. b. _______ checked out a(n) _______ from the _______. |
b. Bradley checked out a book from the library. |
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Insert nouns in the blanks below to make sentence complete and coherent. c. _______ performed the _______ according to the _______. |
c. Andrew performed the job according to the specifications. |
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Insert nouns in the blanks below to make sentence complete and coherent. d. The _______ was in need of _______. |
d. The programmer was in need of assistance. |
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Insert nouns in the blanks below to make sentence complete and coherent. e. I like _______, dislike _______, and hate _______. |
e. I like writing dislike dictation and hate typing. |
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Identify the verbs in the following sentence. More than 100 spectators watched as the car crashed into the wall. |
More than 100 spectators watched as the car crashed into the wall. |
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Identify the verbs in the following sentence. Technical and business writing is something anyone can learn. |
b. Technical and business writing is something anyone can learn. |
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Identify the verbs in the following sentence. The repair technician had trouble with the installation of the parts for the older model television set. |
The repair technician had trouble with the installation of the parts for the older model television set. |
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Identify the verbs in the following sentence. When the faucet dripped, I thought it was raining. |
When the faucet dripped, I thought it was raining. |
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Identify the verbs in the following sentence. Sarah likes spaghetti, but she loves ice cream. |
Sarah likes spaghetti, but she loves ice cream. |
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In the following sentence, identify the adjectives and the adverbs. The broken coffeemaker produced cold, weak coffee. |
The broken coffeemaker produced cold, weak coffee. Adjectives: broken, cold, weak Adverbs: |
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In the following sentence, identify the adjectives and the adverbs. The elderly stockholder gave his substantial holdings to a distant relative. |
The elderly stockholder gave his substantial holdings to a distant relative. Adjectives: elderly, his, substantial, distant Adverbs: |
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In the following sentence, identify the adjectives and the adverbs. Ned works efficiently, but his poor attitude makes him a risky employee. |
Ned works efficiently, but his poor attitude makes him a risky employee. Adjectives: poor, risky Adverbs: efficiently |
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In the following sentence, identify the adjectives and the adverbs. The clogged carburetor caused many problems on cold winter days. |
The clogged carburetor caused many problems on cold winter days. Adjectives: clogged, many Adverbs: |
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In the following sentence, identify the adjectives and the adverbs. Her favorite aspect of architectural drafting is the very regular paycheck. |
Her favorite aspect of architectural drafting is the very regular paycheck. Adjectives: favorite, architectural, regular Adverbs: very |
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In the following sentence, identify the adjectives and the adverbs. True happiness, the distinguished professor told me wisely, comes from May to August. |
True happiness, the distinguished professor told me wisely, comes from May to August. Adjectives: True, distinguished Adverbs: wisely |
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In the following sentence, identify the adjectives and the adverbs. The weekend conference is in town today and tomorrow. |
The weekend conference is in town today and tomorrow. Adjective: weekend Adverb: today, tomorrow |
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In the following sentence, identify the prepositions and the conjunctions. Either Building A or Building B will be demolished in February to create additional parking space for the faculty and students. |
a. Either Building A or Building B will be demolished in February to create additional parking space for the faculty and students. Prepositions: in, for Conjunctions: Either, or, to, and |
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In the following sentence, identify the prepositions the conjunctions. Both the tennis team and the soccer team won the state championships for the second year in a row. |
Both the tennis team and the soccer team won the state championships for the second year in a row. Prepositions: for, in Conjunctions: and |
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In the following sentence, identify the prepositions and the conjunctions. Karen decided to practice her music before she started the homework for the next day. |
Karen decided to practice her music before she started the homework for the next day. Prepositions: for Conjunctions: before |
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In the following sentence, identify the prepositions and the conjunctions. At the corner of Church Street and Maple Avenue stand a library and a bank, both of which were built in the 1920s. |
At the corner of Church Street and Maple Avenue stand a library and a bank, both of which were built in the 1920s. Prepositions: At, of, of, in Conjunctions: and, and |
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In the following sentence, identify the prepositions and the conjunctions. When the game is over, Donna and Helen will do the laundry and set the table. |
When the game is over, Donna and Helen will do the laundry and set the table.
Prepositions: when Conjunctions: and, and |
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words can be used as a verb? |
Manufacture |
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Which of the following sentences is most likely to engage a reader’s self-interest? |
You’ll be happy to hear the news. |
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In the sentence, “The report arrived too late to be of any value to me,” which word is a pronoun? |
me |
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Consider this sentence: If you don’t file your travel report on time, you can’t expect a timely reimbursement for expenses. How does this sentence fail in terms of its effectiveness? |
It fails to use a positive approach. |
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When writing a persuasive letter or proposal, one of the key elements is to |
address objections or other points of view. |
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During the writing phase, if the other two steps are done properly, the _______ step shouldn’t be difficult. |
composing |
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A person wishing to exert dominance over his or her audience would choose to write in the _______ voice. |
authoritative |
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The longest part of any document is usually the |
body |
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In most sentences, the subject and object are |
nouns. |
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A/an _______ is a word used to connect two parts of a sentence. |
conjunction |
